herpes vs shingles

herpes and shingles both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
herpes	Yes	No	No	No
shingles	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, shingles is a hyponym of herpes; that is, shingles is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than herpes:

herpes: viral diseases causing eruptions of the skin or mucous membrane
shingles: eruptions along a nerve path often accompanied by severe neuralgia

Other hyponyms of herpes include herpes simplex, herpes zoster, zoster.

herpes (noun)	shingles (noun)
any of the animal viruses that cause painful blisters on the skin	eruptions along a nerve path often accompanied by severe neuralgia
viral diseases causing eruptions of the skin or mucous membrane